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O. HALLER.

FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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No. 340,779. Patente'd'Apr. 27, 1886.

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CHARLES HALLER, OF NEV YORK, Y.

FOLDING BABY-CARRIAGE.

srrlorrrca'rrorr forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,779, dated April 27, 1886.

Application filed March 2, 1886. Serial 'No. 103,729. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HALLER, of the city,county, and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Baby-Carriages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurelis a side elevation of my folding baby-carriage. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a part of the frame and handle,thehandle-sleeve being shown in section. Fig. 3 is'a plan view of the same, thehandle-slecve being shown in section. Fig. 4- is a front elevation of the can riage arranged for use. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same folded.

The object of this invention is to provide baby-carriages constructed in such a manner that they can be readily folded, so that they can be conveniently taken into the house or up a stairway, and will occupy a comparatively small space when stored.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the babycarriage, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A are the wheels of the baby-carriage, to the axles B of which are attached standards 0. The standards pass up through guideholes in the bends 01' the U-shaped brackets D, and in the braces 1d, attached to the arms of the said brackets. The upward movement of the brackets 1) upon the standards 0 is limited by pins F, passing through the said standards above the bends of the said brackets. The weight of the brackets D and of the carriage-frame and its attachments is sup ported by springs G, placed upon the standards C. The lower ends of the springs G rest upon the pins F, and upon the upper ends of the said springs rest the braces E of the brackets D.

The upper ends of the forward brackets D are bent outward, and are secured by bolts, screws, rivets, or other suitable means to the side bars of the frame H. The upper ends of the rear brackets D are bent outward, and the forward upper ends of the said rear brackets are hinged to lugs I, attached to the side bars of the frame H. The rear upper ends of the rear brackets D are slotted to receive the buttons J, the stems of which pass up through the side bars of the frame H, and have knobs or other handles attached to the said upper ends, so that the rear upper ends of the said brackets can be secured to the frame H by passing the said buttons J through the slots in the said ends and turning the said buttons through a quarter of a revolution.

The rear axle B is made a little longer than the forward axle, so that when the rear ends of the rear brackets are released and the rear end of the frame H is raised the rear wheels, axle, and brackets will swing downward and forward, the rear wheels will overlap the forward wheels, as shown in Fig. 5, and the running-gear of the carriage will be compactly folded.

To the side bars of the frame H, near their forward ends, are attached the rear ends of bars or brackets K, which are bent upward and then forward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and have short longitudinal slots in their forward ends to receive the buttons L, the stems of which pass through holes in the outwardlybent lower ends of the arms M, attached to the bottom of the carriage-body N, near its forward corners. The upper ends of the stems of the buttons L are provided with knobs or other handles for convenience in operating the said buttons. \Vith this construction the forward end of the carriage-body N can be readily detached from its supportingbrackets, and allowed to swing down within the forward part of the frame H when the carriageis folded, as shown in Fig. 5.

To the side bars of the frame H, near their rear ends, are attached the lower ends of bars 0, which are curved upward and forward, and to their upper ends are hinged the bends of U-shaped rods P, the ends of which are bent outward into hook form to receive and support the lower ends of spiral springs Q, placed upon the said U shaped rods P.

To the rear part of the bottom of the carriage-body N is attached a cross-bar,R-, the ends of which project at the sides of the said carriage-body, pass through the space between the arms of the U-shaped rods P, rest upon the upper ends of the spiral springs Q, and have disks attached to their ends to prevent them from getting out of place. This construction gives greater elasticity to the rear ICO part of the carriage-body, and at the same time allows the said carriage-body to move forward when its forward end is detached, so that the arms M can pass the forward ends of the brackets or bars K and of the side bars of the frame H when the carriage is being folded.

The handle consists of two bars, S, connected at their outer ends by a hand-bar, T. The ends of the bars S of the handle are slotted to receive theends of the bars U, and the said bars S U are hinged together by screws or rivets, forming hinge-joints, which are made rigid by sleeves V, placed upon the bars S and slipped down over the said joints. The lower ends of the bars U are hinged to the outer sides of the middle parts of the side bars of the frame H by bolts or rivets, and the said lower ends are bent in beneath the said side bars to limit the downward movement of the handle.

To the sides of the bars U, near the lower ends of the bars S, are pivoted by bolts or rivets the upper ends of the bars \V. The lower ends of the bars \V are slotted to receive the buttons X, pivoted to the side bars of the frame H at a suitable distance from the pivoted lower ends of the bars U. Two sets of buttons X are used, one in front and the other in rear of the lower ends of the bars U, so that the handle can be adjusted with the hand-bar T in the rear of the carriagebody, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, or in front of the said carriagebody, as shown in dotted lines in the said figure.

By slipping the sleeves V off the joints of the handle the said handle can be folded down at the forward part of the carriage-body when the carriage is folded, as shown in Fig. 5.

WVith this construction the baby-carriage can be compactly folded, so that liTCilll'bG-lGitdily taken into and out of houses and up and down stairways, and can be stored in a comparatively small space.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In ababy-carriage, the combination, with the rear axle, I and the frame 'H, of the standards 0, the brackets I), sliding upon the said standards and having braces E, the spiral springs G, placed upon the said standards and carrying the said brackets, the lugs I, hinging the forward upper ends of the brackets, and the buttons J, engaging with the slotted rear ends of the said brackets, substantially as here-- in shown and described, whereby the rear wheels, axle, and brackets will be firmly held in place and can be readily folded down to ward the forward part of the carriage, as set forth.

'2. In ababy-carriage, the combination, with the forward end of the frame H and the forward end of the carriage-body N of the brackets K, having slotted forward ends, the arms M, attached to the said body, and the buttons L, pivoted to the said arms and engaging the said brackets, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said forward end of the carriagebody will be firmly supported and can be readily folded down within the forward end of the said frame, as set forth.

3. I11 ababy-carriage, the combination, with the rear end of the frame H and the rear end of the carriage-body N, of the curved bars 0, attached to the said frame, the U-shaped rods 1, hinged to the bars 0, the spiral springs Q, placed upon the said rods 1?, and the crossbar R, attached to the said carriage-body and engaging with the said U-shaped rods 1 and the spiral springs Q, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the rear end of the carriagebody will be supported and the said body allowed to swing forward when be ing folded and unfolded, as set forth.

4-. In ababy-carriage, the combination, with the handle-bars S, having slotted lower ends, of the hinge-bars U, forming a joint with the said handle-bars, the sleeves V, the brace-bars \V, having slots in their lower ends, and the two sets of buttons X, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the handle can be adjusted forward or rearward or folded down upon the forward part of the frame, as set forth.

CHARLES IIA LLER.

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